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SBH 34 (P414301)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414301 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00380+ |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ra-bu-u₂ ez-⸢zu⸣ [...] | Great ..., roaring(?) |
| 3' | [mu]-bar-ra sumur-ra [...] | The ... of the young man ... |
| 4' | {d}GIRA₃ ez-zu [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | Girra, your furious one ... the eše temple |
| 5' | mir-TU hu-luh-ha ⸢e₃⸣ [a]-⸢ba⸣ kur-⸢ra⸣ [...] | IrTU, the huluḫa-demon, the flood, the storm, the mountain |
| 6' | šib-bu gal-tu ša₂ ina ba-⸢x⸣-[...] ⸢ša₂⸣-da-a ana [...] | The wise one who in the ... of the ešeda temple to |
| 7' | ur-saŋ uru₂ ur-ur ⸢gab⸣-gaz kur-[ra ...]-⸢ga⸣ | Hero, destroyer of cities and lands, ... in the netherworld |
| 8' | qar-ra-du a-bu-bu a-ši-[šu₂ ...] ⸢x⸣-ta KUR-[...]-gi-ru | (Sum) The hero, the flood, whose name is ... (Akk) Hero, his name is ašû, ... |
| 9' | ši en₃-še₃ i₃-gi ⸢ta⸣ mu-un-⸢ni⸣-ib₂-lal | As soon as he has returned from the grave, he will carry it off. |
| 10' | [a]-di ma-ti tuš-ha-ra-ar₂ mi-nam ⸢ta⸣-qa-al-la | As long as he lives, what will he take away from me? |
| 11' | ⸢muštug₂ min⸣ da-ma-al-la gal-zu niŋ₂-nam-ma | The second muštug-garment, the great one, is your own |
| 12' | [rap]-⸢šu₂⸣ uz-ni mu-de-e mim-ma šum-šu₂ | He knows everything there is to know. |
| 13' | ⸢muštug₂⸣ diri aŋ₂ u₆{u₃} nu-di | The emuštug-demon, surpassing in strength, whose light cannot be seen |
| 14' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ha-sis ša₂ la ⸢iš-ša₂⸣-na-an | ... a curse that cannot be undone |
| 15' | [barag kug]-⸢sig₁₇⸣ ki-in-gi-ra tum₃-mu | The dais of gold, fitting for Sumer |
| 16' | [...] ša₂-aš₂-šu₂ ša₂ ina KUR ⸢as⸣-mu | ... who is in the land of Ašumu |
| 17' | [...] ki-in-gi-⸢ra⸣ il₂-la | ... raising ... in Sumer |
| 18' | [...] eb-bi ša₂ ina KUR [ša₂]-⸢qu⸣-u | ... the pure ... that is in the land |
| 19' | [umun a-ba e-diri] a-ba [e]-⸢da⸣-sa₂ | Lord, who surpasses you, who equals you? |
| 20' | [... man-nu] ⸢ma⸣-la-ka man-⸢nu⸣ [ša₂]-⸢nin⸣-ka | Who is ..., who is your sister? |
| 21' | [... a-ba] ⸢e⸣-diri a-⸢ba⸣ [e-da-sa₂] | Who can surpass you? Who can rival you? |
| 22' | [... man-nu ma-la-ka man-nu ša₂]-⸢nin⸣-ka | Who is your rival, who is your sister? |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢e₂⸣-u₄-⸢sakar⸣-[ra ...] | In the “House-of-the-Upper-Sea" temple |
| 3' | abzu a₂-nun-⸢x⸣ [...] | The Abzu, the Anuna |
| 4' | e₂-engur-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | In the E’engura temple |
| 5' | še-eb tin-tir{ki}ta [...] | In the midst of Babylon |
| 6' | še-eb e₂-saŋ-il₂-[la]-⸢ta x⸣ [...] | From the Esa’ila temple |
| 7' | ne-saŋ-ŋa₂-a-ke₄ dumu saŋ [...] | Nesab, son of Sab |
| 8' | še-eb e₂-zid-da-ta gašan-ŋu₁₀ {⸢d⸣}[...] | From the brickwork of the Ezida temple |
| 9' | še-eb e₂-šu-me-ša₄ he₂-ma-al-⸢la⸣-<<QA>>-ta umun {d}[...] | From the brickwork of the Ešumeša temple, may there be abundance Lord |
| 10' | še-eb an-da-ma-al-la-ta kug gašan-[...] | From the brickwork of heaven silver ... |
| 11' | ⸢x⸣ agrun-na-ta dumu [...] | from the ... of Agruna, son of |
| 12' | e₂-banda₃{da}<<nu>>-ta {d}⸢x⸣-[...] | From the E-banda |
| 13' | e₂-bi du₆-du₆-da-ta {d}⸢x⸣-[...] | From the Dudu temple E-e- |
| 14' | e₂-bi e₂-banda₃{da}ta {d}[...] | Its temple, from the E-banda |
| 15' | e₂ ŋi₆-par₃-ra-ta gašan-[...] | From the house of the Ipar |
| 16' | eš₃ e₂-babbar-ta kur-⸢gal⸣ [...] | From the shrine Ebabbar Kur-egal-e23 |
| 17' | še-eb e₂-di-kud-ta gašan-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | In the brickwork of the Edikud temple ... |
| 18' | eš₃ e₂-an-na-⸢ta⸣ kug [...] | The shrine Eana-etae |
| 19' | eš₃ e₂-nam-he₂ [...] | The shrine Enamḫe |
| 20' | ⸢eš₃⸣ e₂-⸢x⸣-[...] | The ešû-priest of the temple |
Sources & licences
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